Abmaj7 chord on guitar
Ab major 7th
Abmaj7 is a major 7th chord with four notes: Ab, C, Eb and G. Learn it first at fret 4, with four fingers. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and one more way to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the B string, fret 4
- Middle on the low E string, fret 4
- Ring on the D string, fret 5
- Pinky on the G string, fret 5
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Play only the low E, D, G and B strings. Keep the high e string silent. The A string in the middle must not ring: rest a fretting finger lightly against it.
- Shape
- At fret 4
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- Fourlow E, D, G and B
- Open strings
- Noneevery played string is fretted
- Lowest note
- Ab2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 4 x 5 5 4 xlow E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Abmaj7
- Abroot
- Cmajor third
- Ebperfect fifth
- Gmajor seventh
A major 7th chord is a major chord with a major seventh added, one fret below the root an octave up. C is the major third, four frets above the root. Eb is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. G is the major seventh, eleven frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: not played
- B string: Eb4perfect fifth
- G string: C4major third
- D string: G3major seventh
- A string: not played
- low E string: Ab2root
Every note of Abmaj7 is in this shape.
Another way to play it
- Barre at fret 11x 11 13 12 13 11Root on the A string.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Abmaj7 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.